When World War II erupted, over 2.5 million black men registered for the draft and one million served as draftees or volunteers in all of the branches of the Armed Forces during conflict. Most black men who served were in the Army and were relegated to segregated combat support groups.
African-American soldiers in the U.S. Army during the War totaled 909,000. They served predominately in two all-black divisions (92nd and 93rd).
By 1994 145,000 black men served in the US Army Air Force, which included the 99th Fighter Squadron known to most as the “Tuskegee Airmen”.